And the rest worked itself out: As the neck was slipping down my shoulders I made a wide neckband in a contrasting colour, left over from my Kangaroo, And as I was at it, I added the hemline too...And wouldn´t it be cute to have a little pocket?, and what about some sleeve bands with a placket? Sure you know what I´m talking about...;)

Hello ladies! I made a dress for my ever growing daughter. She needs clothes and I need to clean my conscience from all the selfish sewing. Just to make a thorough cleaning I used the prettiest fabric I had in my stash, bought in a Patchwork shop in Santander. The owner of the shop also pointed out this pattern, when I bought it back in Easter.

It is quite a simple pattern, only two black balls by Burda standards. Once you finish the bib, it goes easy.Just a little advise if you are thinking of making this one: The armholes are too small!I used french seams where possible to make the inside look nice too.

Un modelito apto para embarazadas de quintillizosThis would be a great item for a twins pregnancy, don´t you think?

Y la vista trasera del invento. Sirve para disimular las lorzas, ¿no?And the back side of the thingy. Great for concealing the spare tyres.

Y este es el patrón del Kangaroo, una vez terminado de cortar, retrazar etc. El corte en la espalda es la cintura.This is the Kangaroo pattern, once I finished playing with it. The slash in the back is where the waist goes.

Close up

Dentro de poco más cositas. Sigan ustedes cosiendo y publicando que yo poco a poco me voy poniendo al día. BesosI made some more things that I need to photograph. You just keep sewing and posting and I´ll slowly catch up with you.

Hello, ladies! I managed to finish some trousers. Yep, trousers. As if I needed more! I made them in a very thin crepe, printed with little mushrooms. I bought the fabric for my girl, but couldn´t think of anything made of crepe for girls so I selfishly used it for myself

The only interesting feature in this pajama style trousers is the crossing on the front. You can find in the pattern the mark where the cross should go, and where the button should be sewn. If you think about making these pants, my advise is try them on first and adapt the crossing to your curves.

Otra cosa sobre el cruce: En las instrucciones dice que hay que cerrar el cruce por dentro. Bueno, yo lo he cerrado tambien por fuera con puntadas pequeñitas, porque si no, al sentarte, se abren, y aunque no se vea nada, pues queda un poco raro.Another thing about the crossing: The instructions say you have to sew the inside of it. I also close it with little hand-stitches on the outside. If you don´t, as you sit down it opens and it looks weird, and not very lady-like :)

Por último, el largo. Debería haberlos dejado caer más abajo, pero quemé la tela (Si, Lupe, no me recuerdes lo de planchar con trapito) :(Dado que el agujerito estaba cerca de la base, he tenido que dejarlos así. Pantalones para llevar con zapato plano. La que no se consuela....Lastly, the lenght. These are supposed to be longer but I burned the fabric. Please don´t tell me about ironing with a cloth, I knooooow! I just forgot ;DBut as the burning happened on the front near the hemline, I just had to leave them like this. I console myself thinking they are my flat-shoes trousers.

Hello! I apologize for desappearing not only from my blog, but also from yours. You know how I like to keep up with your work and comment on your proyects, but this month is the Me-Made-May´13 and working mother´s me-time is very limited, so I took a break from blogging. Sorry if I missed something interesting, I´ll try to catch up later.

I wanted to make version B, the black one but now I have a mix from B and A. I got it wrong cutting the front piece. No comments :)Aparte de esta modificación involuntaria, ya puestos le añadí en cinturón y los ojales los hice de sastre, usando en método de Coletterie . No han quedado perfectos, pero ahí están.

Apart from that involuntary modification, I added the belt, and bound buttonholes. They are far from perfect, but there you go!

I don´t know if you remember that I said that with these Vogue-McCalls patterns I always have to take in the seams to get a better fit, and that, starting with the next proyect I was going to cut a size 10. Well, I shouldn´t have. The coat is now in the tight side.